Farah's comments about potential participation in the Commonwealth Games led to a bullish response from the Glasgow 2014 organisers, who said they were "looking forward to welcoming 4,500 elite athletes from around the Commonwealth".

They added that "a number of leading names" had already expressed their intention to compete.

Farah focusing on marathon

"Glasgow is a bonus if I do it but it is not on my list.

"I've got to come off the [London] marathon [in April] healthy and then I'd make a decision."

Mo Farah on BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire programme

Just who those leading names will be when the lights go up on Scotland's biggest ever sporting party next year is not yet certain.

But we do know that Scotland's most successful sporting star will not be among them.